A U.S.-led coalition airstrike on the eastern Syrian town of Mayadeen early Friday killed at least 80 relatives of ISIS fighters, activists told AFP. "The toll includes 33 children. They were families seeking refuge in the town's municipal building," said Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the...

The U.N. human rights chief called on all air forces operating in Syria Friday to take greater care to distinguish between legitimate military targets and civilians in their escalating air strikes especially in the northeast against ISIS. "The rising toll of civilian deaths and injuries...

( The Guardian )- The Manchester Arena bomber, Salman Abedi, had close connections with criminal gangs as well as known and suspected terrorists in the city, it has emerged. Abedi, 22, associated with a gang that has for years waged war with a rival grouping in south Manchester, the...

Iran has built a third underground ballistic missile production factory and will keep developing its missile program, the semi-official Fars news agency reported Thursday, in a development likely to fuel tension with Arab neighbors and Washington. "Iran's third underground factory has been...